Patricia Cornwell: All that Remains (UK 2010)

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A killer is stalking young lovers. Taking their lives ... and leaving just one tantalising clue...
When the bodies of young courting couples start turning up in remote woodlands areas, Dr Kay Scarpetta's task as Chief Medical Examiner is made more difficult by the effects of the elements. Eight times she must write that the cause of death is undetermined.

But when the latest girl goes missing turns out to be the daughter of one of the most powerful women in America, Kay finds herself prey to political pressure and press harassment. As she starts to investigate, she finds that vital evidence is being withheld from her - or even faked. And all the time a cunning, sadistic killer is still at large...

Patricia Cornwell: All that Remains. Sphere, ISBN: 9780751544480 (September, 2010), 448 p., £7.99.

Patricia Cornwell: All that Remains (USA 2009)

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell's heart-stopping thriller featuring gutsy medical examiner Kay Scarpetta
In Richmond, Virginia, young lovers are dying. So far, four couples in the area have disappeared, only to be found months later as mutilated corpses. When the daughter of the president's newest drug czar vanishes along with her boyfriend, Dr. Kay Scarpetta knows time is short. Following a macabre trail of evidence that ties the present homicides to a grisly crime in the past, Kay must draw upon her own personal resources to track down a murderer who is as skilled at eliminating clues as Kay is at finding them...

Patricia Cornwell: All that Remains. A Scarpetta Novel. Pocket Star, ISBN: 9781439149898 (June, 2009), 480 p., $9.99.

Patricia Cornwell: All that Remains (USA 2005)

From the Publisher:
#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell's heart-stopping thriller featuring gutsy medical examiner Kay Scarpetta

In Richmond, Virginia, young lovers are dying. So far, four couples in the area have disappeared, only to be found months later as mutilated corpses. When the daughter of the president's newest drug czar vanishes along with her boyfriend, Dr. Kay Scarpetta knows time is short. Following a macabre trail of evidence that ties the present homicides to a grisly crime in the past, Kay must draw upon her own personal resources to track down a murderer who is as skilled at eliminating clues as Kay is at finding them...

Patricia Cornwell: All that Remains. Pocket Books, ISBN: 074349153X (March, 2005), 416 p., $7.99.

Patricia Cornwell: All that Remains (UK 2000)

From the Publisher:
A killer is stalking young lovers. Taking their lives... and leaving just a tantalising clue...
When the bodies of young courting couples start turning up in remote woodland areas, Dr Kay Scarpetta's task as Chief Medical Examiner is made more difficult by the effects of the elements. Eight times she must report that the cause of death is undetermined.

But when the latest girl who goes missing turns out to be the daughter of one of the most powerful women in America, Kay finds herself prey to political pressure and press harassment.

As she starts to investigate, she finds that vital evidence is being withheld from her -- or even faked. And all the time a cunning, sadistic killer is still at large...

'Another triumph for Patricia Cornwell's special brew of forensic and intuitive sleuthing' -- Sunday Times
'Scalpel-sharp... the pathology is stomach-churningly accurate -- and the detection stimulatingly intelligent' -- Sunday Express

Patricia Cornwell: All that Remains. A Kay Scarpetta Novel. Warner Books, ISBN: 075153045X (April, 2000), 438 p., £5.99.

Patricia Cornwell: All that Remains (UK 1993)

From the Publisher:
A killer is stalking young lovers. Taking their lives... and leaving just one tantalizing clue...
When the bodies of young courting couples start turning up in remote woodland areas, Dr Kay Scarpetta's task as Chief Medical Examiner is made more difficult by the effects of the elements. Eight times she must write that the cause of death is undetermined.

But when the latest girl to go missing turns out to be the daughter of one of the most powerful women in America, Kay finds herself prey to political pressure and press harassment.

As she starts to investigate, she finds that vital evidence is being withheld from her - or even faked. And all the time a cunning, sadistic killer is still at large...

'Another triumph for Patricia Cornwell's special brew of forensic and intuitive sleuthing' -- Sunday Times
'Embodies the most enticing kind of expertise and independence' -- TLS
'Scalpel-sharp... the pathology is stomach-churningly accurate - and the detection stimulatingly intelligent' -- Sunday Express

A DR KAY SCARPETTA MYSTERY

Patricia Cornwell: All that Remains. Warner Books, ISBN: 0751501107 (April, 1993), 438 p., £4.99.

Patricia Cornwell: All that Remains (USA 1992)

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THE ONLY CLUE IS A JACK OF HEARTS...
Fred Cheyney and Deborah Harvey left Richmond, Virginia, for the North Carolina coast but never arrived. Their Jeep is found at a highway rest area, the keys still in the ignition, belongings undisturbed. Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Virginia's chief medical examiner, suspects that both Deborah and Fred are already dead, the latest victims in a string of mysterious killings that have occurred over the past two years. Four young couples have perished in similar circumstances, all within a fifty-mile radius of Williamsburg. Months after they were reported missing, their decomposed bodies were found without shoes and socks, deep in virtually impenetrable woods. Bones and fragments of clothing -- and a jack of hearts -- are all that remain.

A highly skilled forensic pathologist, Scarpetta is frustrated by her inability to determine the cause of death. The pressure intensifies as Deborah's mother, Pat Harvey, the national "drug czar," focuses her immense political power and resources on Scarpetta, Pete Marino of the Richmond police, and the federal agents investigating the Couple Killings, as the press has dubbed them. Reporter Abby Turnbull also researches the murders, uncovering some secrets that may turn the case in a new and dangerous direction. When Scarpetta learns the FBI is withholding vital evidence, she finds herself confronting the most challenging and baffling case she's ever encountered.

Packed with the kind of authentic detail that has made Patricia D. Cornwell one of the hottest names in crime writing, All That Remains is mesmerizing storytelling from an extraordinarily gifted, bestselling author.

Praise for Postmortem and Body of Evidence
"Fascinating. Vivid. Well-plotted. Scarpetta is here to stay!" -- Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Vibrates with life... no one does authenticity better than Cornwell." -- Philadelphia Inquirer
"Reads like gangbusters!" -- New York Times Book Review
"Commanding... powerful." -- Publishers Weekly
"Gripping... Cornwell makes looking through a microscope as exciting as a hot-pursuit chase." -- Washington Post Book World

PATRICIA D. CORNWELL's first novel, Postmortem (Scribners, 1990), is the only novel ever to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards in one year. Postmortem and Cornwell's second Scarpetta novel, Body of Evidence (Scribners, 1991), received critical acclaim from coast to coast and overseas, and established the author as one of the top names in the crime-writing field. A former award-winning crime reporter for the Charlotte Observer, Cornwell worked for more than six years as a computer analyst in the chief medical examiner's office in Virginia, where she still serves as a consultant. She is also the author of A Time for Remembering, a biography of Ruth Bell Graham, wife of the evangelist, published by Harper & Row in 1983. She lives in Richmond, Virginia.

Patricia Cornwell: All that Remains. Scribner's, ISBN: 0684193957 (August, 1992), 373 p., $20.00.